Video 1. Light In The Eyes That old cliche “Get it right in the camera” is a good rule to follow in general. When it comes to eyes, having a good starting image makes all the difference in the world. The key is to have the eyes well exposed and if there is a...
Video 1. Shoot Clouds! The first thing you should do is carry a camera with you as much as you can and shoot clouds all the time. I find that shooting toward the horizon (not straight up!) with a wide angle lens (24mm or wider) lends the best results. Get out there and keep...
Video 1. Create New Document Create a new Photoshop document sized 1280px by 720px. 2. Find The Background As with most UI pieces, you want a nice background to begin working on just to give your UI some kind of context before it is actually placed into an App or a website. I like...
Video 1. Why I Love The Healing Brush When it comes to the healing tools in Photoshop we have three big options to choose from, The Spot Healing Brush, The Healing Brush, and The Patch tool. The Healing Brush is my weapon of choice because it gives me to most control. It allows me...
Written Tutorial Starts: 1. Grab Subject & Background The first thing you will want to do is download the guy with gas mask (who I have already cut off the background) and the background texture we will use. Download: Guy with gas mask » Download: Background Texture » 2. Create a New Document Create...
Written Tutorial Starts: 1. Find Amazing Textures. The web is loaded with amazing design resources and textures, you will be bombarded with loads of content if you run a google search, but here are a few of my favorite places to find amazing textures. Subtle Patterns: http://subtlepatterns.com/ Lost & Taken: http://lostandtaken.com/ Brusheezy Patterns:...
Written Tutorial Starts: 1. Opening Curves Before we learn about the Curves Dialog box, we’ll need to open it up. You can make a quick adjustment on your image with Curves by going Image>Adjustments>Curves. I prefer working with Adjustment Layers, it’s cleaner and you can control the Adjustment Layer just as if it was any...
Capturing Beauty The very first step to creating an amazing black and white image in Photoshop is to capture a beautiful and interesting image. Capturing beautiful imagery is ten percent technical know how and ninety percent mindset. Are You Interesting Enough? Capturing beautiful and interesting photographs is summed up best by photographer Jay Maisel...
Step 1: Start by creating a new document sized 1280px by 720px. I’ve dropped in a background of light gray and a little noise to add some texture. Step 2: Grab the Rounded Rectangle Tool (U) and set it to draw a Shape using the control bar at the top of the work area....
Step 1: I am starting with a document sized 1280 pixels by 720 pixels. I’ve dropped in a background and am ready to start creating these icons. Step 2: Grab your Ellipse Tool (U) and set it to draw a Shape. Check out the screenshot to see what the Tool Control bar looks like....
Adobe Camera RAW 7.0 Tutorial for Photographers – Photoshop CS6 Whether you’re a seasoned pro or fresh out of the gate with your first quality digital camera, shooting your photographs in RAW is an absolute must to achieve higher quality results with your photographs. In the following tutorial and Photoshop CS6 feature run-down, we’re going...
The Blur Gallery: Tilt-Shift Blur, Iris, & Field Blur – Photoshop CS6 Tutorial Adobe introduced the Blur gallery with the launch of the Photoshop CS6 Beta. This Blur gallery contains three new blurring features that behave like filters but give you control before ever committing a change. With a great amount of control over selective...